Rumex crispus
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Curled dock (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb. Leaves lanceolate; margin usually undulate and strongly crisped. Inflorescence usually simple or little branched. Fruit perianth segments ovate-cordate, usually all three with tubercles; margin entire or minutely dentate. |
| Type location: |
Europe |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | crispus: with a wavy or curled margin |
| Habitat: | In disturbed and cultivated ground and by streams |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Mostly Oct - Jan, but also other times of the year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, Macaronesia and most of Africa; widely naturalised elsewhere. |
| FZ divisions: | M |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 24 May 2009 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 48. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 31. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 68. Nogueira, I., Ortiz, S. & Paiva, J.A.R. (2006). Polygonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 46 - 47. Rechinger, K.H. (1954). Monograph of the Genus Rumex in Africa Botaniska Notiser Supplement 3(3) Pages 76 - 79. |
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